Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Diversity in Counseling

Alexander Street Video - 1:31:00
Join Dr. Eboni Webb for this compelling 90-minute recording that focuses on racial trauma through the lens of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

Alexander Street Video - 1:57:00
In this workshop, participants will engage in activities to foster social identity examination as a bridge to recognizing the Latina social identities paradigm. Dilemmas that emerge because of the Maria Paradox messages, sexualized societal attitudes about Latinas, and “presumed incompetence” will be examined. Participants will leave with a guide for empowering professionals through solution-oriented culture-centered psychotherapy practices.

Alexander Street Video - 1:03:33
Racial and sexual minorities experience barriers in accessing healthcare that may impact their overall health outcomes. This timely presentation will invite you to look at any implicit bias and behaviors that you bring into the clinical setting that could that negatively promote healthcare disparities.

Alexander Street Video: 1:31:00
Cultural factors are present in all therapeutic relationships. Engaging the totality of individual clients by addressing their intersecting identities can promote self-affirmation and clarity about internalized oppression. The cultural competency paradigm and the Dimensions of Personal Identity model will serve as the primary reference points.

Alexander Street Video - 2:05:00
African Americans regularly receive societal messages about their lack of value, powerlessness, and inability to ensure their personal safety. Perpetuated through media stories as well as common, everyday interactions, these microtraumas cause African Americans to experience a heightened sense of cortisol arousal, a pervasive feeling of doom, and a lack of trust in relation to their environment. The result is hypervigilance and intrusive exaggerated flight, fight, and freeze responses.

ProQuest Video - 1:00:39
All therapists require an understanding of multicultural issues to be effective. Theoretical research findings will be discussed.

Alexander Street Video: 1:47:00
Patient No More is a feature documentary about the barriers LGBTQ+ women navigate across health care systems and how the never-ending hunt for affirming care affects their lives. Focused on centering the experiences of queer and female-identified people, the film features the voices of 17 LGBTQ+ women as both expert and patient.

Alexander Street Video - 2:58:00
Join racial trauma expert Dr. Monnica Williams and change the way you work with racism and race-based experiences in therapy as she gives you the tools you need to help clients name, express, and heal from racial trauma!

ProQuest Video: 1:45:08
Safe Conversations is a social action initiative to take relational science from the clinic to the culture in order to help facilitate a transition from an individualistic to a relational civilization. Since talking is the most dangerous thing people do, and since listening is the most infrequent, and since difference is the source of polarization, this relational intervention helps people talk without criticizing, listen without judgment and connect beyond their differences. Delivered globally, this relational technology could create a safe world in which everyone is equal, diversity is celebrated and inclusiveness is total.

ProQuest Video - 56:08
MCT scholars and practitioners operate from different assumptions: (a) mental disorders are often sociopolitical constructions, (b) all treatments and behaviors cannot be isolated from their cultural contexts, (c) the individual is not necessarily the psychosocial unit of operation, and (d) cultural universality must be balanced with cultural specificity. When seen from this perspective, MCT represents true “healing” and liberation.

Alexander Steet Video: 2:00:00
There have been significant paradigmatic changes in models of assessment and treatment of gender incongruence. This workshop will review the historical shifts including changes in the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care. The workshop will review updated diagnostic criteria, assessment and treatment methods. The presenter will present a treatment model using a trans-affirmative approach with case illustrations and discussion.

(Forbes) Every client brings with them unique stories, beliefs and backgrounds. Truly understanding and valuing these narratives isn't just good practice—it's essential. So, how do we bridge these cultural divides and form genuine connections? Here's how you can prioritize cultural diversity to enhance care for your clients

(National Alliance on Mental Illness) Despite our nation’s growing diversity and the disproportionately higher rate at which people of color (POC) experience adverse mental health outcomes and barriers to care, the mental health workforce is largely white.

(American Psychological Association) Definitions and resources from the APA regarding belief systems and religions

(American Counseling Association) Being aware of diverse cultural contexts helps counselors to understand the implications and improve the care they provide. Cultural responsiveness is essential in mental health care, as it leads to better outcomes for clients with different needs. It enables therapists to adopt new practices and address health disparities, lowering the obstacles for marginalized groups and fostering more fair and inclusive care.

(American Psychological Association) Definitions and resources from the APA regarding equity, diversity, and inclusion

(American Psychological Association) Definitions and resources from the APA regarding racism, bias, and discrimination

(American Psychological Association) Definitions and resources from the APA regarding sexual orientation and gender identity